feast or famine

feast or famine
something that you say which means that you either have too much of something or you have too little.

It's either feast or famine on television; last week there was nothing I wanted to see and this week there are three good films on at the same time.


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  • feast or famine — (either) feast or famine either too much or too little of something. It s feast or famine last week I had no work, and now I am too busy! Usage notes: often used in the form it s (either) feast or famine, as in the example …   New idioms dictionary

  • feast-or-famine — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : marked by extremes (as of success and failure or prosperity and depression) ski area operators agree that theirs is uniquely a feast or famine business William Gilman it follows … that mineral exploitation is a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • feast-or-famine — /feest euhr fam in/, adj. characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast or famine life. * * * …   Universalium

  • feast or famine — we either have too little or too much, boom or bust    When we were in business we d have years of profit followed by years of loss. It was feast or famine …   English idioms

  • feast today, famine tomorrow — If you indulge yourself with all that you have today, you may have to go without tomorrow …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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  • Feast and Famine (film) — Infobox Film name = Feast and Famine image size = caption = director = Sydney Ayres producer = writer = George A. Posner starring = B. Reeves Eason William Garwood distributor = Mutual Film Corporation released = July 8, 1914 runtime = country =… …   Wikipedia

  • feast or famine — noun A situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply …   Wiktionary

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